Because of meetings, I didn't get to see it live, but the parking lot of Centerville Baptist Church was on the CBS News show 60 Minutes this past Sunday. View the 60 minutes story at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5362297n . It is a story about coal ash and its harmful effects. For anyone that doesn't know, there is a golf course that was built just down the road and they used coal ash to help add hills and contour to the land because it is very flat here. The coal ash has leached harmful chemicals into the water supply and almost all of the houses south and east of the golf course are on wells. The city of Chesapeake put a water distribution station in the parking lot of the church and Leslie Stahl did some interviews here back in August.
As we think about our Christian walk along side this kind of tragedy, I hope we can learn that God's creation is not just something we can use up, consume as we want. We are the stewards and we need to do that job careully and with an attitude of worship. When we don't, it has grave consequences for us all.
I am glad we are able to host the water distribution station, I just wish we could do more.
God be with you on the Journey!
Kevin
I am a husband, father, son, brother, friend, and pastor trying to be an authentic follower of Jesus Christ.
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